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Pretty hot again today. I fooled around with the Mini T (Putt putt) and adjusted the choke a little more. This afternoon we went to Sonic Burger in Henderson. We had a couple of iced teas but did not eat. It was over 109 in Henderson at 7:30 PM. We stopped at McDonalds in Boulder City on the way home a got a couple of Big Macs to eat. Nice day but a little too hot for us.

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Mary and I drove Jerry III to the airport this morning. I had a fantastic time this whole week doing things with my name sake grand son. I hated to see him leave but he has more vacation and is traveling to another state today.

I have a leak in the fuel line on the El Camino that needs tending and the T Bucket needs a bit of work. I hope to get to both the first day it is under 100 degrees here in the Vegas Valley.

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We went to see the Dark Knight the new Batman movie. Simply awesome. Mary, grandson, and I went to see the movie today at 2Pm. Money well spent. Earlier in the day I took grandson for a ride in the Prowler. We stopped at the park and took some photos. It was a great day.

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It seems that there is no mystery car of the day so far. I hope Mhort is doing ok.
Mary and I took the Prowler for a drive this morning. The weather was gorgeous so we had the top down. I had a hair cut appointment and stopped to get that. We actually had a crowd looking at the Prowler when we came out of the barber shop.

Mary's upside down tomato plants are still producing tomatoes. Kind of nice to just pick a tomato and use it right then. The pool is 82 degrees but Mary is still waiting for the 86. I guess I better turn the solar panels on soon.

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Wow, what a weekend! On Sunday the show admin has us pull the Prowler upon the grass. It was very cool as we had lots of shade almost all day and we were right next to lots of gorgeous rides.

We ran into way over a hundred people we know, but have not seen for a while. We met people from many clubs, and are attending a meeting of one of the local clubs this week.

Over all the entertainment was great. Super singers, a guy made a big bear with a chain saw (great demonstration), there were belly dancers, little Miss, and little Mr. Boulder City contests, there was a neat petting zoo, a train ride for kids (hmm I did fit into the seat) lots of other rides. Many, food booths, and hundreds of vendors so we are talking a really great show.

I added a small album of five or six additional photos I took on Sunday if you care to take a look.

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Lots of car show photos. No trophy's needed. Just look at the photos. If you want to leave a trophy on one or two photos, fine, if not, fine. Take a look at the photos and leave a hello if you have a minute.

The annual Spring Jamboree in Boulder City Nevada is half over. We got there at 6:30 ish this am and stayed until 4:00 PM. Nice but very long day. Going back for more tomorrow. There were about 300 cars there. I just took photos of some of the rides.

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We were able to get signed up for the car show at the Spring Jamboree in Boulder City Nevada. They gave us a lot of informational items and a nice participation plaque. It is a two day show and we are taking our Gold Prowler, so if any Motortopians attend the show, please stop by and say hello.

This is a two day car show and Jamboree. The car show is sponsored by the Pan Draggers Car Club. The Jamboree will feature arts and crafts, Antiques, a live Magician on stage, quilts, Bear carving demo, live frog games ?, carnival rides, face painting, tattoos (temps), children's mural painting, mad science children's experiment, Bungee trampoline and much more.

Mary and I are looking forward to two really nice days. We have our walkie talkies, tape, sodas, chairs, ice, umbrellas etc all ready to go.

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Mary and I attended the baby shower for our Grand Daughter. She will be having our Great Grand Daughter. It was pretty warm at the park and we had to carry all the gifts we bought from the car to the party area (about a long block) and were pretty tired when we got home.

I stayed up late the other night and really shined up the Prowler. I used the new "ice" polish and it really shines. I finished late and the photos were taken in the dark. It is an ok little album though.

We have a couple shows coming up that we would like to attend with the Prowler. I hope we can get away for them. One is this coming weekend in our City so we should be able to make that one for sure.

Take care,
Jerry
Ps we purchased the set in this photo. For Grand Daughter.

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I spent Friday evening putting together an arbor to place over our grape vine. Since we bought the vine a week ago it has really taken off. I placed the arbor over the vine and will tie string back and forth between the rungs and tie the vine shoots to the strings. It should work out well. See the photo link below.

Mary and I spent all morning today cleaning the garage up a bit. All of our work benches had become so cluttered that we could not find any thing. I need to do a little work on a couple rides but did not want to start with the garage that messed up. See the photo link below.

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Harbor Freight today. We went to Harbor Freight this morning. On the way home we stopped at Costco and filled the Highlander with groceries. We got a few good items at Harbor Freight but not enough to justify the trip. Oh I did get some small book type gun safes with combination locks. You can see the photos attached. I took photos of most of the Harbor Freight items, a few flower updates the dogs and Batman. Scott I guess you know what one of your birthday gifts will be. LOL

My sister Christine (Gig) really seemed to like the memories so I will put another up today. This memory is the earliest memory I have.

Where to start? I suppose I might start with my earliest memory. I'm not certain of my age when this event took place. It was before I understood speech (I may have understood the word mama) and I know from family history that I was an infant and still in my mother's arms. My parents were driving back from Missouri in a very old car. I think my aunt Bessie was with us, but I just have an inclination on that. I only remember this because of the alarm in everyone's voice and the flames from the fire were very frightening. The floor board of our car had caught on fire from the muffler burning the wooden part of the floor. I only remember the panic and the smell. My dad got everyone out of the car and threw sand on the floor boards and shortly there after we were on our way back to California.

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I guess we can get on with building the site up? I still think a membership drive would be a great thing. Not those phony memberships created to vote on challenges etc. but real memberships.

If every member bought in three legitimate members, wow, the site would be so much bigger. More cars, photos and people.

"Latest Motortopia Blog Posts" now there is a place we might be able to improve. I might be alone in this thought, but while I see nothing terribly wrong with "copy and paste" journalism, I do think the author should at the very least critique what they have put on the site. Oh, and most importantly, sign the dam thing. Contrary to some thinking, remaining anonymous is not the best way to run a business. Does anyone think Bill Gates is an unknown, that Donald Trump tries to hide who he is? Let's at least use a little common since. Dam, it felt good to say all that.

Mary and I have hidden in the house all day. It has been to windy to venture outside. Perhaps tomorrow will be nicer.

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Gold Cup Trophy's instead of gold stars? I sometimes do not like change, but, I took a look at this and realized how nice it is going to be. No more "one votes" that we all hate so much. Ha ha, someone hit me with a bunch of one votes a couple days (my garage had showed up briefly on the number one garage page) and some pinhead one voted a bunch of my photos etc. LOL as it turned out they all counted. Any way I like the change a lot (after thinking about it for a few hours).

Mary and I took the Prowler out of the garage this morning and drove to the post office. It seemed like a funeral procession as we made our way to the parking lot. I stayed with the Prowler while Mary went in and Mailed our tax return (return receipt requested) and came back out. To be honest we hated it more then we used to when we still had to go to work every day. OK, enough crying!

I really think the new changes to Motortopia will make it a more civil site, and hopefully, a lot more fun. My opinion, but who could possibly like having someone sneak up with a bunch of one votes every time they get close to something.

The photo is of Mary tending to some of her roses. They have really started blooming this week.

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Had not seen this grandson for a while. Mary and I just took the day off from our normal routine to spend with him. Lucky for him we go to Harbor Freight a lot so new toys were here to be played with (he has lots of old ones here) and he loved the guitar, and the weird car with lots of lights that never gets stuck.

He has an electric boat that he races around the pool and can stay at it for hours. It has a rechargeable battery pack that is still good after two years.

I took him for a ride in the Prowler and he loves it. We also took a ride around town in the El Camino (no better sounding ride then that) and got lots of thumbs up in both rides.

The guitar came with a CD video and grandson loves it. We spent all afternoon yesterday and all day today playing. Grandson is still going strong, I'm tired and Mary is tired.

Got to go now as grandson wants to go fly the airplane kite (also from Harbor Freight) and he cannot wait.

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We decided it was time to clean the side of the house. It has been ignored for a couple years and it is past time. Started about 9:am and finished at 1 PM. I still have some junk that I should throw away but the area will do for now.
Youngest grandson is coming over and I will spend the day with him. He loves the cars, and has not got to ride in the Prowler yet!

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We went to Harbor Freight this morning. Bought some cool items. We bought a Wrist tec blood pressure monitor. That was actually the main reason for the trip but we ended up getting it for $16.99. I works great. We bought a 160 piece sewing mainly for the six compartment one drawer hard wood case it comes in $12.00. We bought a pair of loppers (tree branch cutters) that ratchet and really cut large branches plus the handle telescopes to three feet long. Reg. price $20.00 sale today $8.88 great tool. On a whim we bought a weed removal tool, wow does it work great. No bending over just put it around the weed and twist ( it ratchets) and then push a handle, and the weed is dumped in the trash. Oh we bought some movers gliders on sale but we just want them to put the small ones under the living room furniture legs so they do not wear on the carpet. Only $2.00 per box.

Now for the really cool item. Mary wanted a Topsy Turvy Upside down Tomato planter. I was skeptical but of course I bought her one. On the way home we stopped at Lowes and picked up a cheap tomato plant. We got home and put it together. Easy job. We put the tomato plant in the bag upside down and stuck the end out through the foam center piece and then filled it with plant mix. Very cool thing see Harbor Freight trip photos included with this post.

Well that will have to do for today's blog except this: I went to the Dr. on Tuesday not feeling well. My blood pressure was quite high. That is why we bought the new blood pressure monitor. We have a good old one but it is a pain in the butt to use so I got the wrist model to check daily about three times for two weeks.

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Windy today! Took some random photos and put them on here. Mary cut plastic to place over the floor mats in the Prowler so we can use the new ones when we go to a show.

The new pool filter works super (see old photos from a couple weeks ago). I have finished planting all of Mary's new plants including the grape vine. I have two arbors to put up as the grape vine will grow up to about 50" long and needs something to hold to.
Hope all are doing well today!

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71 Charger is certainly correct about the cost of fuel. I am in no way condoning profits that are up to 2,000 times normal but will have to deal with the price of gas in our own way. I did notice three large Airlines filing for bankruptcy this past week and I suspect that is from fuel costs.

Mary and I have been working on our taxes (dam bad word) this week. No happy day for us that is certain.

I have our 56 Chevy on Ebay and it has about 7 day to go. We have to thin out our garage some. Just too many rides. I admit we looked at a few last week but nothing grabbed us.

Take care,
Jerry

Joke
The Wife's Birthday

A man asked his wife, "What would you most like for your birthday?"

She said, "I'd love to be ten again."

On the morning of her birthday, he got her up bright and early and they went to a theme park. He put her on every ride in the park - the Death Slide, The Screaming Loop, the Wall of Fear. She had a go on every ride there was.

She staggered out of the theme park five hours later, her head reeling and her stomach turning.

Then off to a movie theater, popcorn, cola and sweets.

At last she staggered home with her husband and collapsed into bed.

Her husband leaned over and asked, "Well, dear, what was it like being ten again?"

One eye opened and she groaned, "Actually, honey, I meant dress size!"

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A few people have asked why we only take photos of part of our garage, honestly I do not know. Here, I went in a circle and tried to catch it all. It is a three car with a two car section and separated by tools etc is a single car section.

I know it is a mess. To be honest Mary and I are never going to have one of those neat everything in its place garage. We do work on it but never get it finished.

We also did some work on the 56 Chevy truck today and a little on the front yard. I hope you enjoy the photos. They are in the album titled "Our brick and Mortar garage".

Take care,
Jerry
Joke
A woman's dishwasher had stopped working, so she called a repairman.

He couldn't accommodate her with an evening appointment, and since she had to go to work the next day, she told him "I'll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I'll mail you the check. By the way, dont worry about my Rottweiler. He wont bother you. But, whatever you do, do not under any circumstances talk to my parrot!"

When the repairman arrived at her apartment the next day, he discovered the biggest and meanest looking Rottweiler he had ever seen. Like she had said, the dog just lay there on the carpet, watching the repairman go about his business. However, the whole time he was there, the parrot drove him nuts with its incessant squawking and talking.

Finally the repairman couldn't stand the parrot's talking any longer and he told the bird to be quiet.

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Our trip to AZ. seemed like it was going smooth until we got on the other side of the Hoover Dam. That is when our nightmare started. We got over the Dam and into that barren area of Arizona just fine. Then the Toyota decided to quit running. No warning no nothing. I did all the normal checks but nothing made any difference.

We could not get a signal on the cell so I told Mary to stay with the car and I would catch a ride to a little gas station that is only about eight miles down the road. When I got there I would call a tow company and come back for her.

I started walking and to be honest had not gone too far when a car with four people in it stopped and offered me a ride. They were kind of ruff looking but they appeared sober so I got into the back seat of the car. As I got in the back seat I noticed an army type shirt on the floor and when my foot moved it just a little I saw it was covering cash in bank rappers. Yes, I was scared. I had hoped they did not notice that I had saw the money but I was not sure whether they noticed or not. I did spot a revolver in the console area of the front seat.

I decided to make small talk for a while and try to figure out how to get out of the car. It was a damn two door and there was no way to jump out. That is when I remembered the old gas station. As causally as possible I mentioned that I had to take a leak and would appreciate it if they could just let me off at the old gas station that was coming up in just a few miles down the road. I new they had not sold gas there for a number of years but when ever Mary and I had passed by they had the garage area open and some cars for sale.

When we got to the station the driver pulled in to the lot. It actually kind of surprised me to be honest. Any way it was very obvious that no one was there and it kind of made my heart sink.

The driver (seemed to go by the name of Merle) said I might as well jump out and take a leak out back as the restroom was likely locked. I got out of the car as casually as I could and told him they might as well go on as I would wait until someone got back and use their phone to call for a tow truck. He got a very irritated look on his face and said they would rather take me farther down the road where they new I could get to a phone. I was scared but managed a half grin and said that would be better. I would be right back as soon as I went to the bathroom.

I walked toward the restroom and tried the door. To my delight it opened and it was not really as dirty, at least it was not abandoned as it was too clean for that. I closed and locked the door. I figured to stay in the bathroom until they left and then get help. After just a couple minutes I heard Merle and the other guy from the front seat banging on the restroom door and telling me to hurry as they wanted to use the restroom and then get down the road. I panicked and started looking for away out. The window was on the same side as the door and I could not use that. I looked up and there in the ceiling was a large square access hole about 2' by 2'. I used the sink to get up into the hole and started crawling into a very large crawl space. That is when I heard a very loud bam and both guys were in the bathroom and one grabbed my leg and was pulling it hard, very hard just like I'm pulling yours.

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Well, I spent all morning looking at Soupy's latest photo albums. Great photos of a car show and of some gorgeous young ladies (I think that was at a car show too). Thanks Soupy. Here is a link to one of the albums (it is a little racy so caution with the kids)http://www.mo...ertainers_nsw .

Mary and I have to head for Arizona today and look at a ride. No room in the drive way or the garage so not to sure what will happen but we will see.

I hope all of you are doing well.

Take care,
Jerry

Joke
Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly Mother.

The first said, "I built a big house for our Mother." The second said, "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver." The third smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. You remember how Mom enjoyed reading the Bible? And you know she can't see very well any more. I sent her a remarkable parrot that recites the entire Bible. It took Elders in the church 12 years to teach him. He's one of a kind. Mama just has to name the chapter and verse, and the parrot recites it."

Soon thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks: "Milton," she wrote one son, "the house you built is so huge. I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house."

"Gerald," she wrote to another, "I am too old to travel any more. My eyesight isn't what it used to be. I stay most of the time at home, so I rarely use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!"

"Dearest Donald," she wrote to her third son, "you have the good sense to know what your Mother likes. The chicken was delicious!"

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Could not upload photos yesterday but seems fine today. When that happens I wait a day before looking real hard and much longer before changing browsers. If my browser works today... common dam since says it should work tomorrow. Just my thoughts on that subject.

In the attached album you can see us working our butts off trying to fix two tires on the 56 Chevy. The wheels are so rusted it took an act of who knows? to get the tires off the wheels. One wheel is so rusted it is not safe to use (chance of wheel splitting) so I had to put a tube in the very old spare. We are going to sell the truck and I do not want to spend much getting it up as I know a new owner will replace this stuff.

Take care,
Jerry

Name That Animal, Kids

Eddie's first-grade class was having a game of Name That Animal. The teacher held up a picture of a cat and asked, "What animal is this?" "A cat!" said Suzy.

"Good job! Now, what's this animal?"

"A dog!" said Ricky.

"Good! Now what animal is this?" she asked, holding up a picture of a deer.

The class fell silent. After a couple of minutes, the teacher said, "It's what your mom calls your dad."

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Well, we cannot add photos from the photo page. Looks like major site problems, but who knows. I took an old one photo album and added to it for this post.
We worked all day on flat tires on the 56 Chevy truck. One tire will not be repairable. I will take the spare to the tire shop as I over did it yesterday and have them put a tube in it for now.
The wheel was so rusted that I'm unable to use it again safely.

Check out the album attached to this post as it has a few interesting photos in it. We are going to ride in something with some real HP if we are able today. Well get photos if we do.

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Jerry Jr. and Anita had to go back home. We had a great visit and found time to do a lot of shopping and eating at restaurants. Mary and I have to go on a diet as soon as they leave as we seem to put on a few pounds when they are here. To be honest we do not usually eat out near as often when we are alone. The visit was super and we will likely seem them again in July and likely before.

Mary and I just got back from around the block to a yard sale. They had nothing we needed, there was a nice standing drill press but we have two so we passed on it.

We are going out side and going to work on the truck and the garage a bit as we have gorgeous weather today.

Take care,
Jerry

Tiff With Riley

''My God! What happened to you?'' the bartender asked Kelly as he hobbled in on a crutch, one arm in a cast. ''I got in a tiff with Riley.''

''Riley? He's just a wee fellow,'' the barkeep said, surprised. ''He must have had something in his hand.''

''That he did,'' Kelly said. ''A shovel it was.''

''Dear Lord. Didn't you have anything in your hand?''

''Aye, that I did -- Mrs. Riley's left boob.'' Kelly said. ''And a beautiful thing it was, but not much use in a fight.''

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Been running around with Jerry Jr. and daughter inlaw Anita all day. Jerry Jr. and I went to (bet you would never guess LOL) Harbor Freight. Jerry Jr. bought the store out as he does not get there often. I only purchased a few items (in the photos gallery attached) but I really like a couple of the items.

The four of us went out to dinner last night and I as still full this morning. We went to Luceels (not sure of that spelling) and really pigged out. Menu is in the attached photos.

Jerry Jr. Still has his Ford Lightning truck but he bought a new 2008 Dodge truck that is gorgeous and has the Hemi, you can tell he is my son, LOL, It is a very nice extended bed pickup with all the comforts of home. The really nice thing about the truck is Jr. has to buy the gas and can just drive Dad around.
Check out the photos if you have a second.

Take care,
Jerry

Joke
Tough Love

A dying man smells his favorite oatmeal raisin cookies cooking downstairs. It takes all the strength he has left but he gets up from the bed and crawls down the stairs. He sees the cookies cooling on the counter and staggers over to them. As he reaches for one, his wife's wrinkled hand reaches out, smacks his and she yells: "No, you can't have those! They're for the funeral!"

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Jerry Jr. and Anita are coming for a visit. We have to change all plans and hurry to get some shopping done and I want to do a little more to the front yard before they get here. I do not think Jerry 3RD is coming but it would be great if he can make it. Oh, and Mary says we have to lay in more groceries. Got a big day today to get ready. I think they will be here tomorrow.

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Got some work done today. We worked on the front yard, the garage, drove the El Camino around a few blocks, drove the Prowler around town for a few, and put salt in the water softener. It might not sound like much but it took the entire afternoon.

Tomorrow I will hit it again. I still want to get 56 Chevy step side, tires etc done.

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We just found out this morning that a beautiful young lady that grew up next door to our last home has passed away. Sahsha Adams passed away March 12, 2008. She was only 23 years old. Mary and I will attend the services in the morning.

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Forget the yard work! We started our Prowler "The Nugget" and I backed out of the garage! That was all it took. We drove around town most of the day. Well, I say drove, actually we parked at the post office and answered questions long after Mary had mailed our package. We went to the Credit Union and Mary went in while I stopped out front to chat with some friends, we were there for over an hour answering questions about the car. We stopped off to visit a friend, Steve Liguori at his art sculpture studio. He was closed but, he was there so we ended up visiting for an hour or so. It was neat as people were out front taking photos of our car with their camera phones almost the entire time we were there. I guess the Prowler is a head turner.

We never got around to driving anything else yesterday, perhaps today we will get the El Camino out of the garage for a run.

Take care,
Jerry

The photo Mary snapped as I was backing out of the garage and then she put the camera on the back of the El Camino and that is where it stayed until we got home.